The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-02
A BAD COLLISION.
THE PRINCESS SERIOUSLY HURT
by being Run Into by the Beaver, Of the
ftowbont Fleet, at the Lanslle NIL! Land.
ing-The Particulars OF tho Affair.
Iiollhire Packet to BIO Laid Up.

Shortly after two o'clock yesterday al.
ternoon the towboat Beaver OH her way
up the river with q tow Of empty coal
barges ran into the .Bellaire packet prin.
ccas, as she was landing at the LaBelle
landing aud damaged the steamer 60 seri.
ously that she was forced to tie up at that
point and. the probabilities are ,that 1t will
DO two or tbree wocks before she will be
able 10 resume her place in tho trade be.
tween here and Bvllaire 1t will take that
much time to make tho necessary repairs
The collinlon appears to have beer
the iault- Of those in charge Of tht
Beaver, but that Ia q question that Local
inspectors Rilz and Thomas will in al
likelihood DO called upon to determine
The Princess wns hit q very hard blow
and The large number OF passengers she
had on board, including several women
we're greatly excited and alarmed Tor I
timp, but fortunately no ono Was hurt.
The Princesa left tho leyes at 9 O'CLOCK
on her regular trip to Bellaire. Az II
Usually the CAGE on pleasant Sundays sht
waa doing q bly, business yesterday, anG
had on this particular trip about forty
people on boRrd. Capt. J. B. Campbell
was in command and Fred Kline, thu
boats regular pilot, was at tho wheel
There wa a hail from some people at thu
La Belle landing, and tho boat WAS head
cd for that point. The steamer Beaver
was coming up the river at full speed. ane
when the Princess whistled for the WeB
Virginia aide the Bower answered, signt
Tying that tho packet could take that aide
The people in charge OF the Beaver mua
have seen at the same time that the Prin
ccsO proposed making a landing.
The Princess, as usual, In making 4
short landing, ran her head into the hanh
and tho swinging stage was lowered fo1
the passengers. At the came timo the
stern OF the bost was swung around by
the current 80 that tho steamer was al
moe! at right angles with the ehore. Tit
Beaver, after answering the Princess elk
nal, Is sold not to have changed hel
course to any appreciable extent, brl
kept blowing right ahead in the centre O.
the channel. AS the stern OF the Prin'
ccas swuDg around, it Was seen by those
on board that there would either
BIO q collision or a very narrow es
cape from one, unless the towboat stopped
and backed so IS to allow the Princess Il
get out OF the pocket she was in.
But the Beaver, according to the story o
tho officers Of the Princess and a number
OF those who were on board her, was mo-
stopped or slowed up, but coming on
drove her tow into the stern and wheel o.
the Princess. The ehock was a tremen'
dous one rs the little steamer was hit BY
the heavy moving nase, and she trembled
from stern to stem. The passengers were
very much alarmed; the men shouted
and the women screamed, and there was
a general rueh for the front end of the
boat, which WAS neareet the shore. Aline
| was. quickly ordered out by Captain Camp.
bell, and the boat waB warped into the
bank and made fast.
An examination showed that the steam
or hsd been badly injured. Both Of her
cylinder timbers, on both sides, we're 80
broken or cracked that it will be ueceg.
gary to put in new ones, and this will
necessitate taking out the heaviest part
OF the machinery. The wheel vas dam
aged some and several small parts about
the machinery were broken. Not only
wss all this damage done but the boat was
strained in every pnrt. The Beaver pass.
ed up tho river. William Gordon, Of al.
legheny, is reported to have been at hel
wheel, and Capt. Mcdonald is said to have
been in the pilot house with him at the
time OF the colligion.
The Princess hsB. for a'long time ENJOY.
ed ono Of the best paying trades on the
Upper OHIO, and being thus knocked out
will mean serious loes to her owners 1t
hea been arranged to have the Return, an
East Liverpool packet, here this morning
to take the Princess place till she is
ready to come out again. It is said that
an action for damages may be instituted.